WHY KIDS KILL: INSIDE THE MINDS OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS
Book ID/图书代码： 07042008B24234
English Summary/英文概要： Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible.
Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters.
From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在震驚全球的科倫拜校園事件發生10年之後，為何這些孩子要展開殺戮，人們始終有許多爭論。有人認為原因是在於校園霸凌與社會隔離。兒童心理學權威Peter Langman認為這些孩童的心理狀態有很大關係。只有釐清發生的原因才能讓這些不幸停止。
他從人格角色特徵、心理創傷、以及精神狀態三個面向來深入探討。
Peter Langman是兒童心理機構”KidsPeace”負責人。擁有超過20年臨床經驗。獲得賓州心理協會2008媒體大獎（Winner of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s 2008 Psychology in the Media Award）。曾於多家媒體上討論兒童心理學的相關議題。(VC)
Awards/获奖情况："Dr. Langman’s professional expertise and exhaustive research combine to produce a remarkably comprehensive psychological analysis of school shooters that will revolutionize our understanding of this phenomenon. This book provides an in-depth psychological analysis of school shooters that easily can be understood by non-professionals. The outstanding balance between psychological insight and plain language makes this book invaluable to anyone who works with children."---Mary Ann Swiatek, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and member of the Association for Psychological Science Dr. Langman …clearly identifies the enormity of the feelings of isolation and meaninglessness that plagued these children. Shows what we can do to make schools safe and homes friendly and child focused. Perhaps his greatest contribution is to point out that hyper reactive child exist in a social context that if it is not empathic and helpful can perhaps trigger the calamites he describes.---Stuart Twemblow, author of Why School Anti Bullying Programs Don’t Work
"We desperately need this book. It provides an interior view of the mind of rampage school shooters that helps us understand the origins of the narcissism, paranoia, sadism, and thwarted rage that appears to motivate them. Through the learned hands of Peter Langman, we come to understand the differences between shooters who are pyschopaths and those who are schizophrenics, and why these distinctions matter. A dispassionate, but clinically powerful analysis, Why Kids Kill, will be of great interest to teachers, parents, school administrators, and law enforcement officials who are responsible for prevention and treatment."---Katherine S. Newman is the senior author of Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings and the Forbes ’41 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Langman is director of psychology at KidsPeace (www.kidspeace.org), an organization that helps kids overcome emotional crises. Winner of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s 2008 Psychology in the Media Award, he has over 20 years of experience treating at-risk youth, specializing in kids with homicidal tendencies. He has appeared on CBS, BBC, and CBC. He is the author of a number of works on mental health. He lives in Allentown, PA.
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